K. Kailasapathy
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Professor K. Kailasapathy | |
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க. கைலாசபதி | |
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| Born | 5 April 1933 |
| Died | 6 December 1982 (aged 49) |
| Alma mater | Jaffna Hindu College Royal College, Colombo University of Ceylon University of Birmingham |
| Occupation | Academic |
Kanagasabapathy Kailasapathy (5 April 1933 – 6 December 1982) was a Sri Lankan journalist and academic. He was the first president of the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka.
Kailasapathy was born on 5 April 1933 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya.[1] His family moved from Malaya to Ceylon.[2] He was then educated at the Jaffna Hindu College and Royal College, Colombo.[2][3] After school he joined the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya.[1][4] Whilst at Peradeniya Kailasapathy wrote for Virakesari and Tholkappiyam.[4] He then went to University of Birmingham from where he obtained a Phd after producing a thesis on Tamil heroic poetry in 1968.[2][4]
Kailasapathy married Sarvamangalam, daughter of N. Manicka Idaikaddar.[1] They had two daughters.[1]
